Poachers have endangered wildlife mostly in Africa.
Countries where elephants are poached for their ivory tusks include Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Countries where rhinos are poached for their horns include Somalia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, and Swaziland.
In Rwanda, mountain gorillas are poached to steal infants for zoos, and for natives who collect the skulls.
In India, tigers, leopards, and other cats are poached for fur, and small animals for meat.
Other animals which are poached include bison in Poland, giant pandas in China, and whales in the ocean.
A major help in preventing poaching is the 1989 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which banned trade in ivory.
Law enforcement officers from nine African countries met to create a task force to fight international crime syndicates dealing in ivory, and rhino horns.
Zimbabwe and Namibia have rhino dehorning programs to remove the incentive to poach.
Zimbabwe's Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources links cash with conservation, enabling rural communities to make money from animals which had been poached as pests.
South Africa encourages keeping animals alive to attract tourists.
Arrested poachers are reformed in the Conservation Corps and turned into honorary gamekeepers.
Namibian police smashed a major international syndicate smuggling tusks.
Zambian villagers set up security committees to prevent poachers entering their area.
Kenya's elaborate security network ensures tourists' safety and comfort, and it established a shoot-to-kill policy against poachers.
Poland created a bison reserve, and now exports bison to other regions of Poland and abroad.
